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ArticleCureus2024

Diffuse Maculopapular Rash: An Uncommon Cutaneous Presentation of Secondary Syphilis.

Landon Hobbs, Redina Bardhi, Priyanka Shah, Ali Rajabi-Estarabadi, Asfa Akhtar

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Landon HobbsDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
Redina BardhiDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
Priyanka ShahDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
Ali Rajabi-EstarabadiDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
Asfa AkhtarDepartment of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Syphilis is a sexually acquired disease that can affect multiple organ systems. Secondary syphilis can cause a wide range of skin manifestations, leading to misdiagnoses. Herein, we present a patient who developed a diffuse maculopapular rash concerning for a drug reaction leading to a dermatology consult. The patient was found to have secondary syphilis confirmed with immunohistochemical staining on skin biopsy tissue and a positive rapid plasma reagin. Appropriate management with benzathine penicillin G led to significant improvement in the rash. Given the increasing incidence of syphilis, increased awareness of the disease is imperative so that it can be considered in all patients given the highly variable presentation and likely confusion, at least initially, with drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome and other drug eruptions.

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cutaneous syphilisdermatologydermatopathologyinfectious venereal diseasepublic health and safetysecondary syphilissexually transmitted infection (sti)suspected drug eruptionsyphilis rash

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PMID39712716
PMCPMC11661881

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